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Description
Here are four images captured in a total of one-fifth of a second. The camera was auto-focusing between each shot. I’m posting these images not because of their aesthetic quality, but instead because they might help us understand how a dragonfly flies.
Black saddlebags are relentless flyers. I’ve never seen one at rest. They might slow down a little, but I’ve never seen one actually hover. Dragonflies of this size can fly 80 body lengths per second, which is why they are so darn hard to capture on a camera. For this project, I was in the field for about an hour and came home with 1,687 frames. There were 15 keepers, which, for this kind of shooting, was actually a good yield.
Dragonflies can control all four of their wings independently. This dragonfly was flying on a pretty straight path, which meant that his wings were relatively symmetrical. In the future, I’ll post some images of dragonflies with their wings in bizarre configurations.
The hindwings of a dragonfly are more important than the forewings in generating thrust. They move over a greater amplitude, reaching a lower position at each stroke. You can see this in the second frame in the series. Because the hindwings are moving over a larger range, they have to beat a little faster than the forewings. Overall, the forewings and hindwings are about one-fourth out of phase.
OM System OM-1 Mark II. Post-processing in Affinity Photo 2.
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